GENERAL INDEX TO SOZOMEN'S ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
Aadas, a presbyter,
391
.
Abbos, a monk of Syria,
370
.
Abdaleus, a Syrian monk,
370
.
Abdas, a Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
Abdiesus, a Persian deacon and martyr,
267
.
Abedechalaas, a Persian presbyter and martyr,
266
.
Abraham,
239
; theophany,
261
.
Abramius, a Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
Acacians,
319
; confirm
formulary read at Ariminum,
319
; depose Aetius
and others,
320
; development of their heresy,
324
.
Acacius, bishop of Berea,
380
; saintly character,
396
; sent by Chrysostom an embassy to Rome,
400
; becomes enemy of Chrysostom,
412
.
Acacius, succeeds Eusebius as bishop of
Cæsarea,
284
,
294
; participates in second council of Antioch,
285
; deposed by Western bishops,
290
; favors Aetian doctrines,
311
; ejects Maximus,
315
;
deposed by council of Seleucia,
318
; attends
council of Antioch,
348
.
Acacius, bishop of Tyre, Eunomian,
308
.
Acacius, the martyr, church of,
198
,
316
.
Acepsimus, a Persian bishop, martyrdom of, under
Sapor,
267
.
Acesius, bishop of Novatians, repels Constantine's
overtures,
256
.
Achillas, presbyter of Alexandria, accepts doctrines
of Arius,
251
.
Æsculapius, temple of, destroyed,
262
.
Aetianism, see Eunomianism.
Aetius, deacon at Antioch,
295
,
298
; doctrines,
307
; recalled by Julian,
330
.
Africanus, the historian,
240
.
Agapius, Arian bishop of Ephesus,
388
.
Agas, a Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
Agdelas, a Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
Agelius, Novatian bishop of Constantinople,
352
; banished, but recalled,
352
; takes no part in Paschal schism,
361
; makes Sisinius his deputy,
382
; death,
384
.
Aithalas, Persian martyr,
267
.
Aithals, Arian presbyter of Alexandria,
251
.
Ajax, a monk of Majuma,
396
.
Alaphion,
191
; his family
position and his life,
192
; possessed by a
demon, exorcised by Hilarion, became a Christian,
192
,
233
,
293
.
Alaric,
197
; rebukes luxury
of Romans,
204
; made a general through
influence of Stilicho,
415
,
421
; plots with Stilicho,
415
,
421
; besieges Rome,
422
; raises the siege,
423
; again threatens the city, and takes it,
423
; is made general,
423
; makes Attalus king,
423
; permits sack of Rome,
424
.
Alavicus, a traitorous general of Honorius,
425
.
Alexander, bishop of Alexandria,
204
,
241
; ejects Arius,
after wavering in opinion,
251
; attends Nicene
council,
253
; death,
269
.
Alexander of Constantinople, overcomes opponent in
argument by a miracle,
254
; refuses to receive
Arius into communion,
279
,
280
; death, succeeded by Paul,
284
.
Alexion, Palestinian monk,
293
.
Allegory, in interpreting Scripture,
205
,
206
.
Ambrose,
193
,
209
,
211
; when governor,
elevated to bishopric of Milan,
361
;
persecuted by Justina,
384
; reproaches
Theodosius,
394
; obtains favor from Gratian,
394
; orders deposition of Gerontius of
Nicomedia, but is disobeyed,
403
.
Ammon, the Egyptian,
365
;
becomes an ascetic, is carried across a brook by a miracle, miracle at
his death,
250
; character,
368
.
Ammonius, a Palestinian monk,
370
; successful appeal to Epiphanius for himself
and the Long Brothers,
408
; death,
410
.
Amphilochius, rebukes Theodosius,
379
; bishop of Iconium,
382
.
Amphion, bishop of Epiphania,
246
.
Amphion, becomes bishop of Nicomedia,
256
; expelled by Eusebius,
268
.
Analytical criticism of Sozomen,
227
.
Anannias, a Persian martyr,
266
.
Anastasia, daughter of Valens,
352
.
Anastasius, bishop of Rome,
415
; succeeded by Innocent,
415
.
Andragathias, philosopher, instructor of Chrysostom,
399
.
Andrathagius, secures death of Gratian,
384
; death,
385
.
Anomianism, see Eunomianism.
Anomians,
324
.
Anthedon, maritime city of Palestine,
332
.
Anthedonius, Palestinian monk,
293
.
Anthemius,
196
; influential,
197
.
Anthropomorphism, see Corporeality.
Anthropomorphists,
206
.
Antiochus, bishop of Ptolemias in Syria,
405
.
Antiphonal singing, origin among the Arians,
404
.
Antony the Great, an Egyptian monk, practices
asceticism; his mode of life,
249
; sees spirit
of Ammon at latter's death,
250
; visits
Alexander,
270
; seeks in vain recall of
Athanasius,
280
; maintains Nicene doctrine,
291
; visited by Hilarion,
293
; praises Didymus,
295
; dream of,
349
.
Anuph, Egyptian monk,
292
.
Aones, monk of Syria,
370
.
Apelles, an Egyptian ascetic,
365
.
Aphrodite, temple and image of, on Mt. Calvary,
258
; descent from Lebanon,
262
.
Apocalypse, of Paul,
214
;
390
; tradition of its discovery,
390
.
Apocalypse of Peter,
390
.
Apolinarianism, opposed by Sozomen,
206
; christology,
209
;
condemned by a council held at Rome,
262
;
geographical distribution,
364
.
Apolinarius, bishop of Hierapolis,
340
.
Apolinarius, bishop of Laodicea,
207
; doctrine of, concerning the Holy Ghost,
359
,
361
; friendship for
Athanasius,
362
.
Apolinarius the Syrian,
269
;
learning and works,
340
.
Apollo, statue of, destroyed at Daphne,
262
; and temple,
342
.
Apollonius, an Egyptian ascetic,
292
.
Apollonius, another ascetic,
366
.
Apollos, a monk of Thebais,
366
.
Apostles, church of, at Constantinople,
198
.
Apostolic succession,
217
,
398
.
Aquilinus, friend of Sozomen,
199
; miraculously cured,
260
.
Arcadius, Emperor of the West, succeeds Theodosius,
398
; death, succeeded by Theodosius the
Younger,
419
.
Argo, the,
234
.
Argobastes,
392
; suicide,
393
.
Argonauts,
234
,
243
.
Arian Goths, martyrs,
210
.
Arianism, opposed by Sozomen,
206
; divisions of,
217
,
387
; origin,
251
;
doctrines of,
251
; re-agitated,
272
; dispute not ended by death of Arius,
280
; revival of,
281
;
again at death of Constantine,
283
; defended
by Acacians,
323
; favored by Justina,
384
.
Arians, inclined to liberal culture,
195
; assert conspiracy to elect as bishop of
Alexandria,
269
; plot against Athanasius,
270
; unite with the Melitians,
271
; views of,
272
;
excite seditions on return of Athanasius,
284
;
secure expulsion of Paul from Constantinople,
284
; successes of,
286
;
bishops displaced by Athanasius,
299
; renew
attacks on him,
304
; persecute opponents,
322
; translate Melitius to Antioch,
323
; expel him thence,
322
; persecute orthodox under Valens,
351-358
; geographical distribution,
358
; attempt to gain Theodosius,
379
; divisions among,
388
; disorderly conduct in Constantinople causes
their repression,
404
; disappointed in hopes
of restoration under Attalus,
424
.
Arius,
240
; a presbyter of
Alexandria, ordained deacon, defends Melitians, asserts his doctrines,
251
; his following numerous,
251
; appeal to bishops against Alexander,
252
; gains a point with Paulinus, Eusebius, and
Patrophilus,
252
; summoned before bishops at
Nicæa,
253
; appears before the council,
254
; loses his case and is banished,
255
, and excommunicated,
255
; recalled from exile, but forbidden to enter
Alexandria,
268
; submits, with Euzoius,
statement of belief, and is reinstated,
277
;
but not received by bishop of Alexandria,
279
;
manner of death,
279
.
Armenians, conversion of,
264
.
Arsacius, bishop of Constantinople,
196
; replaces Chrysostom,
413
; personal character,
413
; death,
417
.
Arsacius, king of Armenia,
346
.
Arsacius, pagan priest of Galatia,
338
.
Arsacius, the Persian,
213
;
foretells earthquake at Nicomedia,
310
;
performs miracles,
311
; death,
311
.
Arsenius,
273
,
275
.
Arsion, monk of Scetis,
368
.
Arsisius, an ascetic,
291
,
368
.
Ascalon,
233
.
Ascetics, mode of life,
291
,
293
.
Ascholius, bishop of Thessalonica,
378
; attends council of Constantinople,
380
.
Asclepas, bishop of Gaza,
287
; exiled, but recalled,
300
.
Asphalius, Eunomian presbyter of Antioch,
308
.
Asterius, general of the East under Honorius,
400
.
Asterius, a sophist,
282
;
deposed, goes to Rome,
282
.
Ataulphus, brother-in-law of Alaric,
423
.
Athanaric, a Gothic leader,
210
,
373
; persecutes
Christians,
374
.
Athanasius the Great, bishop of Alexandria,
204
; as deacon attends Nicene council,
253
; becomes bishop on death of Alexander,
269
; secretly ordained,
269
; character,
269
;
baptized children when a child,
269
; traduced
by Arians before Constantine,
272
; proves his
innocence, is commended by the emperor,
273
;
is again assailed in vain,
273
; again
assailed, refuses to attend council of Cæsarea,
275
; appears before council of Tyre, the charges,
275
; is deposed,
276
;
appeals to Constantine,
278
; who exiles him to
Treves,
279
; relates circumstances of death of
Arius,
279
; recalled to Alexandria by
Constantine,
283
; again deposed by council of
Antioch,
285
; escapes from Alexandria and
flees to Rome,
286
; received kindly there,
287
; reinstated,
288
;
again ejected,
288
; summoned to Rome by
Julius,
288
; affirms Nicene doctrine,
291
; recalled by influence of Constans,
298
; favors Eustathians,
299
; displaces the Arian bishops,
299
; commended by Synod of Jerusalem,
300
; again deposed by Constantius,
301
; again attacked by Arians,
304
; condemned by council of Milan,
305
; flees,
306
;
reappears after seven years' concealment,
330
;
attends council of Alexandria,
335
; banished
by Julian,
336
; restored by Jovian,
349
; flees again to escape Valens,
354
; returns by Valens' permission,
354
; death,
357
; held
consubstantiality of the Holy Ghost,
359
.
Athanasius, bishop of Ancyra,
348
; attends council of Tyana,
353
.
Athanasius the historian, a source of Sozomen's
history,
222
.
Attalus, made king by Alaric,
423
; acts haughtily toward Honorius,
424
; abdicates and leaves Rome,
424
; baptized by Sigesarius, bishop of the Goths,
424
.
Atticus, bishop of Constantinople,
196
,
213
; character and
tendencies,
417
.
Aurelius, Palestinian monk,
293
.
Auxentius, bishop of Milan, an Arian,
291
,
294
,
312
,
313
,
361
; condemned by council of Rome,
360
; death,
361
.
Auxentius, son of Addas, a presbyter,
391
.
Azadanes, a Persian martyr,
267
.
Azades, a Persian martyr,
266
.
Azizus, a monk of Syria,
370
.
Babylas, martyr of Antioch,
341
.
Baptism, and the Catholic Church,
207
; Eunomian doctrine of,
207
,
363
.
Barbasymes, Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
Bardasanes,
295
.
Barges, Syrian monk,
370
.
Barses, Syrian monk and honorary bishop,
371
.
Basil the Great, limited use by Sozomen,
223
; praise of Ephraem Syrus,
295
.
Basil, bishop of Ancyra, repudiated by Western
bishops,
290
,
294
;
again acquires bishopric,
301
; refutes
Photinus at council of Sirmium,
303
; opposes
Eudoxus,
308
; advises council at Nicæa,
311
; deposed by Acacians,
320
; charges against him,
320
; martyrdom,
334
.
Basil, bishop of Cæsarea,
355
; miraculous powers,
356
; friendship for Gregory,
356
; opposes Arianism,
356
; doctrine of, concerning Holy Ghost,
359
.
Basiliscus, martyr, appears to Chrysostom,
202
,
418
.
Battheus, Syrian monk,
370
,
371
.
Benjamin, ascetic philosopher,
366
.
Benus, an Egyptian ascetic,
365
.
Berytus,
196
; law school at,
234 n.
Bethelia,
191
; population
mixed,
192
; and large, with stately churches,
233
; in biography,
198
,
370
.
Bibliography of Sozomen,
225-
231
.
Bochres, a Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
Breviary (or epitome) of ecclesiastical affairs by
Sozomen, lost,
200
,
234
.
Busiris, a Galatian martyr,
334
.
Buthericus, a general,
394
.
Byzantium,
251
.
Cæsarea, reduced by Julian from rank of a
city,
329
.
Cæsarius, and tomb of forty martyrs,
420
.
Calemerus, finds relics of prophet Zechariah,
427
.
Callinicus, bishop of Pellusium,
275
.
Callicinus, a Melitian bishop and accuser of
Athanasius,
275
.
Carosa, daughter of Valens,
352
.
Carpones, presbyter, an Arian of Alexandria,
251
.
Carterius, philosopher, instructor of Chrysostom,
399
.
Cassianus, a deacon,
416
.
Catholic Church the orthodox church,
205
; unity of,
258
;
unites with Novatians in Constantinople,
316
;
persecution under Valens,
357
.
Cecropius, bishop of Nicomedia, killed in
earthquake,
310
.
Celibacy, favored by Constantine,
245
; not enforced by council of Nicæa,
256
.
Celts, christianization of,
262
.
Cenobite, community at Tabenna,
292
.
Chalcedon, church in,
199
.
Chrestus, becomes bishop of Nicæa,
256
; expelled,
268
.
Christ, sufferings typified by Isaac, coming
predicted by Jacob, miraculous conception, so-called by Josephus,
239
; appears to Constantine,
241
; name of, casts out demons,
262
.
Christianity, spread of, under Constantine,
261
,
262
.
Chrysostom,
196
,
399
; method of interpreting Scripture,
206
; personal character,
399
; dissuades Theodore of Mopsuestia from
marriage,
399
; elected bishop of
Constantinople,
400
; opposed by Theophilus in
vain,
400
; purifies the clergy,
400
; strives to re-unite the churches of the West
and the East,
400
; foils plans of
Gaïnas,
401
; prudence in governing the
Church,
402
; miracle during his
administration,
403
; deposes thirteen bishops
in Asia,
403
; ordains Heraclides bishop of
Ephesus,
403
; expels Gerontius, bishop of
Nicomedia,
403
; ordains Pansophius instead,
403
; incurs enmity of the clergy,
404
; rebukes Olympias for unwise almsgiving,
405
; disputes with monk Isaac,
405
; expels Severian from Constantinople,
405
; is reconciled by the empress,
405
; cautiously receives the Egyptian monks,
407
; goes to receive Epiphanius, but is repulsed,
408
; refuses to expel the "Long Brothers,"
409
; excites the enmity of the empress,
409
; cited to appear at counci of
Rufinianæ,
410
; declines to do so, and
is deposed,
410
; withdraws, and a sedition
arises against the council,
410
; which causes
his recall,
411
; when he delivers an oration,
411
; is more than ever liked by the people,
412
; justified by a council of sixty bishops,
411
; again offending the empress, is again
deposed,
412
; is expelled, holds meetings
outside the city,
412
; attacks on his life,
413
; is guarded by the people,
413
; exiled to Armenia,
413
; cause espoused by Innocent, bishop of Rome,
416
; receives letter from Innocent,
417
; reputation during his exile,
417
; is banished to a remoter place, dies on the
way,
418
.
Church and State,
208
; in
persecution,
210
; united,
244
.
Churches restored,
245
.
Cilix, presbyter of Tarsus,
199
.
Clemens, Alexandrinus, scholarship,
194
,
240
.
Clergy, ascetic character of, in Sozomen's time,
194
; exempted from taxation,
246
; appeal to bishops from civil courts allowed,
246
; support of,
329
.
Codex Gregorianus,
196
; a
source of Sozomen's history,
223
.
Codex Hermogenianus,
196
; a
source of Sozomen's history,
223
.
Codex Theodosianus, proclaimed
a.d.
439,
196
; a source of
Sozomen's history,
223
.
Commissioner of penance, origin of office,
386
; suppression,
386
.
Conciliar movement, in West,
217
,
312-315
; in East,
217
,
315-317
.
Confession of faith, of bishops of the East,
289
; three formularies of Council of Sirmium,
303
; Valentian formulary,
315
; of Ariminum,
322
; of
Eustathius, etc.,
352
.
Constans, son of Constantine the Great, obtains
empire of the West,
284
; writes to Constantius
in re
Athanasius and Paul,
289
;
receives three bishops and dismisses them,
289
; fails to have Athanasius and Paul
reinstated,
289
; summons Synod of Sardica,
289
; threatens brother with war unless Athanasius
restored,
298
; killed in Gaul,
301
.
Constans, son of Constantine the Usurper,
425
; slain,
427
.
Constantia, sister of Constantine, advocates
restoration of Arius and Euzoius,
277
.
Constantine the Great, sees vision of cross and of
Christ,
241
; inquires of priests, who expound
the Scriptures, takes cross as his standard, which protects the
bearer,
242
; charged with murdering son
Crispus,
242
; but charge untrue,
243
; churches flourish under him,
243
; conquers Dardanians,
243
; overcomes Licinius, becomes sole emperor,
makes Christianity state religion, revokes edicts against Christians,
pagan worship prohibited,
244
; property
restored to Christians,
244
; conquers Goths
and Sarmatians, enjoins observance of Lord's Day, abolishes
crucifixion,
245
; abolishes law against
celibacy,
245
; exempts clergy from taxation,
allows appeal to bishops from civil courts,
246
; grants request of Eutychianus,
251
; rebukes Arius and Alexander,
252
; is grieved at Paschal controversy,
252
; sends Hosius to reconcile differences,
253
; convenes council at Nicæa,
253
; burns memorials and exhorts to peace,
253
; replies to Eusebius' eulogy,
254
; attempts to reconcile the Novatians,
256
; entertains the council, exhorts to harmony,
and writes to the churches,
257
; orders church
built near Calvary,
258
; has bit made out of
true nails,
259
; erects temples,
259
; beautifies Byzantium and changes its name,
260
; builds church at Hestiæ, or
Michælium,
260
; orders church erected
under oak of Mamre,
261
; orders pagan shrines
and idols destroyed and places purified,
261
;
receives embassy of Iberians,
264
;
remonstrates with Sapor for persesecuting Christians,
268
; hears traducers of Athanasius,
272
; but dismisses them,
273
; convenes council of Cæsarea,
275
; orders consecration of the Great Martyrium
at Jerusalem,
276
; is persuaded by Constantia
to restore Arius and Euzoius,
277
; writes
letter to Synod of Tyre,
278
; exiles
Athanasius to Treves,
279
; refuses to recall
him,
280
; exiles John, the Melitian bishop,
280
; enacts law against heresies,
280
; baptism, death, and character,
282
; charges Constantius to call council
regarding homoiousios,
298
; body removed by
Macedonius,
316
.
Constantine, son of Constantine the Great, death of,
at Aquileia,
284
.
Constantine, proclaimed emperor by soldiers,
425
; sends son Constans into Spain,
427
; proclaims him emperor,
427
; killed,
427
.
Constantine, a city of Phœnicia,
262
.
Constantinople, churches in,
199
.
Constantius, father of Constantine the Great,
205
; protects Christians,
243
; tests the faithful,
243
.
Constantius, son and successor of Constantine,
recalls Athanasius,
283
; letter to church of
Alexandria,
283
; obtains empire of the East,
284
; goes to Antioch of Syria,
285
; adopts the term "homoiousios,"
297
; convenes council of Ariminum,
298
; restores Athanasius,
298
; commends him to bishops of Egypt,
299
; overcomes Vetranius,
302
; and Maxentius,
304
;
goes to Rome, attempts to force homoiousios on church,
304
; banishes Liberius,
307
; condemns Eudoxius and the Aetians,
309
; convenes council at Nicæa,
311
; goes to Ariminum, council meets there,
312
; permits another at Seleucia,
312
; slights deputies from council of Ariminum,
314
; appoints Julian, Cæsar,
316
; death,
325
.
Constantius, a general of Honorius,
426
,
427
.
Consubstantiality of Son, broached,
251
; defended by Alexander of Alexandria against
Arius,
251
; becomes the faith of the church,
255
; dispute over meaning of word,
270
; evaded by partisans of Eusebius of
Nicomedia,
285
; affirmed by the West,
291
; homoousios and homoiousios,
297
; debated at Sirmium,
303
; and at Seleucia,
317
; and at Ariminum,
319
; attacked anew by Acacians,
323
; Macedonian acceptation of the term,
336
; Nicene statement affirmed by council of
Antioch,
348
; accepted by Macedonian bishops,
352
; afterwards rejected by them,
377
.
Copres, an Egyptian monk,
365
.
Corporeality of God, question raised in Egypt,
406
.
Council of Alexandria,
209
;
reaffirms Nicene doctrines,
335
. Antioch,
207
; deposes Eustathius,
270
; ordains Euphronius bishop,
271
; second council,
285
;
deposes Athanasius, ordains Gregory,
285
.
Antioch in Syria,
348
; reaffirms Nicene faith,
348
; letter to Jovian,
348
. Ariminum, convened,
298
; cause,
298
; second
council, convened,
312
; rejects Aetian
doctrines,
313
; sends report to Constantius,
313
; confirming Nicene doctrines,
314
. Cæsarea, to try Athanasius, who does
not appear,
275
. Constantinople,
209
; convened by Theodosius,
380
; chooses Nectarius bishop of Constantinople,
381
; affirms Nicene faith,
381
; establishes precedence of Rome, and rank of
see of Constantinople,
381
. Jerusalem,
299
; letter in behalf of Athanasius,
299
. Lampsacus,
350
;
holds Arian doctrines,
350
. Milan, deposes and
banishes Athanasius,
305
. Nicæa,
convened,
253
; assembled,
254
; condemns Arianism,
255
; leaves celibacy unenforced,
256
; enacts canons,
256
.
Rome,
360
; reaffirms Nicene doctrines,
condemns Auxentius of Milan,
360
; circular
letter of,
360
. Rufinianæ,
409
; the eighty monks reconciled with Theophilus,
410
; cite Chrysostom and clergy of
Constantinople to appear,
410
; depose
Chrysostom,
410
; mobbed by the people,
410
. Sardica,
209
; East
separates from West,
289
; numbers attending,
290
. Seleucia,
316
;
two formularies offered,
316
; reaffirms
formulary of council of Antioch,
318
; deposes
various bishops,
318
. Sirmium, convened,
302
; deposes Photinus,
303
; three formularies of faith,
303
. Tyana,
353
;
reaffirms Nicene doctrines,
353
. Tyre,
assembles without being convened by the emperor,
275
; deposes Athanasius, and declares reasons to
Constantine,
276
; restores and re-establishes
the Melitian bishop, John,
280
.
Councils, imperial convocation defended,
208
.
Crispion (also "Chrispion"), archdeacon, a monk of
Bethelia, in Palestine,
191
,
370
; Ephanius' archdeacon,
233
; brother of Fuscon and Salamanus,
233
,
408
.
Crispus, son of Constantine, murder of,
242
.
Cronius, an ascetic,
291
;
called Cronion,
368
.
Cross, appearance of, to Constantine,
241
; near Jerusalem,
302
.
Crucifixion, as punishment, abolished,
245
.
Cyriacus, bishop of Adama,
382
.
Cyriacus, a deacon,
416
.
Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem,
294
; succeeds Maximus,
302
,
315
; deposed by
Acasians,
321
; renounces Macedonian doctrines
and attends council of Constantinople,
380
;
death,
385
.
Cyrinus, bishop of Chalcedon, abuses Chrysostom at
council of Chalcedon,
409
; death,
409
.
Cyrus, of Constantinople,
194
.
Damasus, bishop of Rome,
359
; condemns Apolinarianism,
362
; death,
398
.
Daniel, a Syrian monk,
293
.
Dansus, a Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
Daphne, at Antioch,
234
;
customs of,
341
; temple and statue of Apollo
destroyed,
342
.
Democritus of Coös,
274
.
Demophilus, Arian bishop of Constantinople,
354
; leader of the Arians,
378
; leaves the city,
379
; holds service with Lucius outside
Constantinople,
379
; death,
385
.
Dianius, bishop of Cappadocian Cæsarea,
attends second council of Antioch,
285
.
Didymus, of Alexandria,
294
;
character,
295
; foresees Julian's death,
347
; renown,
358
,
368
.
Didymus, a relative of the Emperor Honorius,
425
.
Diodorus, bishop of Tarsus,
380
,
381
; instructor of
Chrysostom,
399
; avoided allegory in
interpretation,
206
,
399
.
Diogenes, deacon,
320
.
Dionysius, bishop of Alba,
305
.
Dionysius, a monk of Rhinocorura,
369
.
Dionysius, temple of, at Alexandria, destroyed,
385
.
Dioscorus, an Egyptian monk,
365
,
368
; made bishop of
Hermopolis,
406
; incurs enmity of Theophilus,
406
; retires to Scythopolis,
407
; appeals to empress,
407
,
410
; death,
410
.
Diospolis, bishopric of,
271
.
Divination, by wooden tripod,
391
.
Dominica, wife of Emperor Valens,
377
.
Donatist, practice regarding the excommunicated,
208
.
Donatus, bishop of Eurœa,
394
; slays a dragon,
395
.
Dorotheus, Arian bishop of Constantinople,
385
; heads one party of the Arians,
388
.
Dorotheus, bishop of Antioch, succeeds Euzoius,
374
.
Dorotheus, an ascetic of Thebes,
366
.
Dracontius, bishop of Pergamos, deposed by Acacians,
320
.
Easter controversy,
216
;
Novatian and Sabbatian position,
388
.
Eastern Christians,
241
.
Eastern church, and schism of Sardica,
290
,
291
; mainly Arian,
377
.
Ecdicius, slayer of Edovicus,
426
.
Edesius, adventures in India,
274
.
Edessa,
193
,
293
; devotion of Christians of,
357
.
Edicts against Christians revoked,
244
.
Editions of Sozomen,
225
,
226
.
Edovicus, a general of the usurper Constantine,
426
.
Egyptian monasticism,
292
,
365-369
.
Eleusius, bishop of Cyzicus,
308
; deposed by Acacians,
320
; embraces heresy of Macedonius,
322
,
336
; compelled by
Julian to build Novatian church,
330
; expelled
by Julian,
336
; recants before Valens, but
repents,
351
; attends council of
Constantinople,
380
.
Elias, associate of Patrines,
273
.
Elias, an Egyptian ascetic,
365
.
Elpidius, bishop of Satala, deposed by Acacians,
321
.
Emesa, church of,
297
.
Empedocles, death of,
274
.
Encratites,
206
,
334
.
Ephraem Syrus,
216
,
293
,
370
; literary works,
295
; personal character,
296
.
Epiphanies of angels, saints, etc.,
202
.
Epiphanius, bishop of Salamis, controversy with the
empress,
191
,
408
;
prophecies of,
213
; duped by Theophilus, acts
against Chrysostom,
408
; is dissuaded from
this course by Serapion,
408
; meets "Long
Brothers" and is reconciled to them,
409
;
death,
409
.
Epiphanius, monk of Palestine,
369
; afterward bishop of Salamis,
370
; liberality and miracles,
395
.
Epiphanius, the sophist,
362
.
Episcopal and presbyterial jurisdiction,
390
.
Erennius, becomes bishop of Jerusalem,
324
; is succeeded by Heraclius,
324
.
Eucherius, son of Stilicho,
421
; death,
422
.
Eudocia, Empress,
194
;
liberal tendencies,
197
.
Eudoxia, daughter of Eudocia, liberal tendencies,
197
; married Valentinian III.,
200
; death,
417
.
Eudoxius, bishop of Germanicia, afterwards of
Constantinople, attends second council of Antioch,
285
.
Eudoxius, Eunomian bishop of Antioch,
308
; ejected and condemned by Constantius,
309
; and deposed by council of Seleucia,
318
; usurps bishopric of Constantinople,
321
; opposes Nicene doctrine,
322
; gains over Yalens,
351
; death,
354
.
Eudoxus, bishop of Nicæa,
205
.
Eugenius, bishop of Nicæa,
304
.
Eugenius, attempts to usurp throne of the West,
392
; death,
393
.
Eulalius, orthodox bishop of Amasia,
377
.
Eulogius, Egyptian presbyter and monk,
365
.
Eulogius, Persian monk and honorary bishop,
370
.
Eunomianism, genesis of,
217
,
363
; doctrines,
307
,
363
; prominence and
condemnation,
309
; favor by Julian,
330
; origin,
363
;
attributed to Aetius by Eunomius,
364
;
geographical distribution,
364
.
Eunomians,
207
; baptism
among,
207
,
363
; not
tolerated by Gratian,
377
.
Eunomius,
207
; Arian bishop
of Cyzicus,
351
; his heresy not new,
363
; acknowledges indebtedness to Aetius,
364
; described by Gregory Nazianzen,
364
; secedes from Arians,
379
; banished by Theodosius, dies,
387
,
388
.
Euphronius, ordained bishop of Antioch,
271
; succeeded by Placetus,
285
,
298
.
Euplus, Melitian bishop,
275
.
Eupsychius, martyr of Cæsarea,
334
.
Eusebia, guardian of the Forty Martyrs,
420
.
Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea,
275
; attends council of Tyana,
353
; difficulties and reconciliation with Basil,
355
; death,
355
.
Eusebius Emesenus, bishop of Emesa, life,
286
,
294
.
Eusebius of Nicomedia, sides with Arius against
Alexander,
252
; pretends to repudiate him,
255
; is deposed,
256
;
expels Amphion,
268
; endeavors to reinstate
Arius,
270
; charged by Eustathius with
Arianism,
270
; again plots to restore Arius,
threatens Alexander of Constantinople,
279
;
death of Arius foils plan,
279
; at death of
Constantine favors Arianism,
283
.
Eusebius, bishop of Samosata,
348
.
Eusebius, bishop of Vercella,
305
; returns from exile to council of Alexandria,
335
; maintains Nicene doctrines,
335
.
Eusebius, a eunuch, chamberlain to Constantius,
283
; aids Aetians,
312
.
Eusebius, governor of the court, executed,
330
.
Eusebius, a martyr of Gaza,
332
.
Eusebius, one of the "Long Brothers," Egyptian monk,
368
.
Eusebius Pamphilus, the historian, one source of
Sozomen's history,
222
; story of Constantine's
vision of the cross,
241
; sides with Arius
against Alexander,
252
; attends Nicene council
and eulogizes Constantine,
254
; after delay,
sanctions decision reached,
255
; censured
concerning the oak of Mamre,
261
; recommended
for see of Antioch,
270
; death, succeeded by
Acacius,
284
.
Eusebius, a Syrian monk,
370
.
Eustathians, favored by Athanasius,
299
; numerous in Antioch,
299
; adherents of Nicene doctrines,
323
; same as the Catholics,
358
.
Eustathius, bishop of Berœa, then of Antioch,
241
; attends Nicene Council,
253
; disputes with Eusebius Pamphilus concerning
consubstantiality,
270
; deposed by council of
Antioch,
270
; character,
271
.
Eustathius, bishop of Sebaste, ascetic,
293
; opposes Eudoxius,
308
; deposed by Acacians,
320
; accepts heresy of Macedonius,
322
,
336
; goes to Rome,
adopts Nicene doctrine,
352
; exiled by Valens,
355
.
Eutropia, mother-in-law of Constantine,
261
.
Eutropius, a eunuch,
392
;
becomes consul,
403
; refuses refuge of
churches to fugitives, falls victim to his own order,
404
.
Eutropius, a reader of Alexandria,
414
; suffers death,
414
.
Eutychean heresy,
201
,
387
.
Eutychianus, a Novatian of Bithynia, performs a
miracle,
251
.
Eutychus, a Eunomian, doctrine of,
387
.
Euzoius, deacon of Alexandria, becomes an Arian,
251
; having been deposed, is reinstated in
company with Arius,
277
; stirs up dissension,
335
; as bishop of Antioch, opposes Athanasius,
349
; seizes Peter of Alexandria,
357
; death,
374
;
succeeded by Dorotheus,
374
.
Evagrius, archdeacon of Constantinople,
369
; becomes an ascetic,
369
.
Evagrius, bishop of Antioch,
385
; death,
401
.
Evagrius, orthodox bishop of Constantinople,
354
; exiled by Valens,
355
.
Evagrius, the historian,
191
.
Exucontians,
324
.
Fatherhood of God, Arian discussion concerning,
388
.
Fathers' creed final,
205
.
Felix, bishop of Rome,
204
;
adheres to Nicene faith,
307
.
Flacilla, wife of Theodosius, holds Nicene faith,
379
.
Flavian, pagan and pæetorian prefect,
392
.
Flavian, presbyter, afterwards bishop of Antioch,
362
,
382
,
398
; appeases wrath of Theodosius,
393
: dispute with bishop of Rome,
400
; succeeded by Porphyry,
415
.
Flavita, barbarian general in Roman army, defeats
Gaïnas, becomes consul,
402
.
Forty Martyrs, discovery of remains,
196
; prior to
a.d.
439,
201
; story of discovery,
420
; description of the tomb,
421
.
Frumentius, missionary to India, youthful adventures
of, and subsequent ordination as bishop of India,
274
.
Gaddanus, a Syrian monk,
370
.
Gaddiabes, a Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
Gainas, an Arian,
197
,
205
.
Gaïnas, a Goth, attempts to seize the throne,
401
; lays aside pretensions and is made
general,
401
; espouses Arian cause, is foiled
by Chrysostom,
401
; attempts to cross to Asia
and perishes,
402
.
Galileans, a name of the Christians,
329
,
338
.
Galla Placidia, sister of Honorius,
427
.
Gallus,
295
; made
Cæsar,
302
; resides at Ephesus,
327
; death,
327
.
Gallienus,
262
.
Gaudentius,
290
.
Gauls, christianization of,
262
.
Gaza, dissension between G. and Majuma,
195
,
198
; martyrology,
198
,
332
; Sozomen's
grandfather esteemed there,
233
.
George, bishop of Alexandria, persecutes opponents,
302
,
306
; attends
council of Sirmium,
303
; deposed by council of
Seleucia,
318
; reinstated by Acacians,
persecutes pagans and opposing Christians,
324
; meets violent death,
331
.
George, bishop of Laodicea in Syria,
285
; deposed by bishops of West,
290
; reinstated, opposes Eudoxius of Antioch,
308
; ejection of Apolinarius causes Apolinarian
heresy,
362
.
George of Arethusa, nominated for bishopric of
Antioch,
271
.
Germanus, presbyter,
416
.
Gerontius, a physician, becomes bishop of Nicomedia,
403
; deposed by Chrysostom,
403
.
Gerontius, a traitorous general of Honorius,
426
.
Gladiatorial shows prohibited,
245
.
Goths, christianization of the,
262
,
373
; become Arians,
373
; follow the Psathyrians,
388
.
Gratian, emperor,
209
;
toleration edict of,
210
,
377
; associates Theodosius with self in empire,
377
.
Gratian, proclaimed emperor by soldiers, soon
afterwards slain,
425
.
Gregory, bishop of Alexandria,
285
; attends second council of Antioch,
285
; repudiated by bishops of the West,
290
.
Gregory, bishop of Nyssa,
382
.
Gregory Nazianzen,
193
,
199
; a source for Sozomen,
223
; hated by Julian,
340
; attends council of Tyana,
353
; becomes bishop of Nazianzus,
356
; and of Constantinople,
356
; doctrine of, concerning the Holy Ghost,
359
; describes Apolinarianism and Eunomianism,
364
; leader of orthodox,
378
; translated to Constantinople, abdicates,
380
.
Habakkuk, relics of, discovered,
397
.
Halas, a Syrian monk,
370
,
371
.
Harmonius,
295
,
296
.
Hegesippus,
240
.
Helena, mother of Constantine,
204
; goes to Jerusalem, seeks true cross,
258
; erects temples at Bethlehem and on Mount of
Olives, visits churches of the East, is proclaimed empress, dies at
age of eighty,
259
.
Helenopolis in Bithynia,
259
.
Helenopolis in Palestine,
259
.
Heliodorus, a Syrian monk,
370
.
Heliopolis, persecution of Christians in,
333
.
Helladius, bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia,
382
; ordains Gerontius,
403
.
Helladius, deacon of Alexandria, becomes an Arian,
251
.
Helles, an Egyptian ascetic,
365
.
Hemona, building of,
234
.
Heortasius, bishop of Sardis, deposed by Acacians,
320
.
Heraclean, general under Honorius,
423
; causes famine in Rome,
424
.
Heraclides, Egyptian ascetic,
291
,
358
.
Heraclides, monk of Scetis, ordained bishop of
Ephesus,
403
.
Heraclius, succeeds Erennius as bishop of Jerusalem,
324
; is succeeded by Hilarius,
324
.
Hercules, purified,
243
.
Hermaeon, a Melitian bishop,
275
.
Hermias, a common Christian name,
191
.
Hermogenes, prefect of Syria,
320
.
Hermopolis, in the Thebais,
343
.
Herod the Great,
239
.
Hestiae, called Michaelium,
196
,
198
; church built by
Constantine,
260
.
Hesychas, Palestinian monk,
293
; "Hesycas,"
369
.
Hilarion, life of,
192
,
293
,
333
; exorcises
Alaphion,
192
,
233
;
activity in Palestine,
a.d.
345,
192
,
293
; death,
371
; burial,
293
.
Hilarius, bishop of Jerusalem after Heraclius,
324
.
Hilary of Pictavium,
193
,
295
; exiled, 3O5.
Himerius, sophist of Athens,
356
.
Historiography of Sozomen,
228
.
Holy Ghost, doctrine of, two parties,
359
.
Homoousians,
209
,
297
,
298
.
Homoousios and homoiousios,
297
,
298
.
Honoria, daughter of the general Constantius,
427
.
Honorius,
205
; date of death
of,
a.d.
423,
217
;
succeeds Theodosius,
398
; offers to
acknowledge Attalus as co-emperor,
423
;
rebellions against him,
425
; which he
overcomes,
427
.
Hormisdas, a Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
Hosius, bishop of Cordova,
246
; sent to settle Paschal controversy,
253
; expands Nicene creed,
290
.
Huns,
398
,
415
; retreat from Thrace,
422
.
Hypatian, bishop of Heraclia,
350
.
Hypostasis,
255
,
270
,
289
,
320
,
335
,
381
.
Iberians, of Asia, converted by a slave, assisted by
miracles,
263
; send ambassadors to
Constantine,
264
.
Impeccability,
386
.
India, Christianization of,
274
.
Indifferent canon,
389
.
Innocent, bishop of Rome,
415
; writes Chrysostom,
416
.
Irene, daughter of Spyridon, wonderful story of,
246
.
Irenius, bishop of Gaza,
348
.
Isaac, a Melitian bishop,
275
.
Isaac, a monk, predicts death of Valens,
376
; disputes with Chrysostom,
405
.
Isaac, a Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
Isaac, a type of sufferings of Christ,
239
.
Isaiah,
343
.
Ischurias, a Melitian presbyter,
275
.
Ischyrion, bishop of Mareotis, appointed by Eastern
bishops,
290
.
Ishmael, father of the Saracens,
375
.
Isidore, an Egyptian monk,
365
.
Isidore, a presbyter of Alexandria,
400
; sent on embassy to Rome,
400
; incurs enmity of Theophilus,
406
.
Isidore of Pelusium,
191
.
Jacob, predicted coming of Christ,
239
.
Jews, the, rejection of Christ,
240
; conspire with Magi against Persian
Christians,
264
,
266
;
laws regarding slave-holding,
297
; granted
permission to rebuild the Temple,
343
;
repulsed by fire issuing from the earth,
398
.
Johannists, or Johnites, followers of John
Chrysostom of Constantinople,
201
,
413
; persecuted,
413
,
414
; excommunicated,
415
.
John Baptist, head found, conveyed to
Constantinople, and church built over it,
199
,
391
; miracles there,
393
.
John, bishop of Constantinople,
196
,
212
; predictions of,
213
,
409
.
John, bishop of Jerusalem,
398
.
John Chrysostom, see Chrysostom.
John, Egyptian ascetic,
365
.
John, a Melitian bishop,
271
,
275
; exiled by
Constantine,
280
.
John, a monk of Thebais,
392
; predicts death of Theodosius and of
Eugenius,
392
.
John, a Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
John, presbyter and monk,
366
.
Joseph, husband of Mary,
343
.
Josephus, the historian, witness of, to Christ,
239
.
Jovian,
207
,
209
; proclaimed emperor,
347
; restores privileges to Christians,
348
; restores Athanasius,
349
; death,
349
.
Jovius, prefect of Italy,
423
.
Julian, the apostate, edicts cause flight of
Sozomen's family and of Alaphion's,
192
;
portents during reign,
205
; infatuation,
206
: murder of, defended,
209
,
346
; dread of him,
210
; named Cæsar,
317
; is proclaimed Augustus, and apostatises,
325
,
326
; family and
education,
326
; studies philosophy at
Constantinople,
327
; relations with
Constantius,
327
; reopens pagan temples,
328
; refuses help to Nisibis,
328
; subjects Majuma to Gaza,
328
; withdraws immunities from clergy,
329
; hatred of the church,
330
; recalls Aetius,
330
;
compels rebuilding of Novatian church,
330
;
banishes Athanasius and Eleusius,
336
; expels
the clergy,
336
; failure to reinstate
paganism,
337
; further efforts,
338
; testimony to Christian benevolence,
338
; letter to Arsacius,
338
; artful measures against Christians,
339
; forbids public education and Greek classics
to Christians,
340
; writes his "Aversion to
Beards,"
341
; orders body of Babylas removed,
341
; persecution resulting,
342
; destroys a statue of Christ,
342
; permits Jews to rebuild the Temple,
343
; makes war on Persia,
345
; insults Arsacius, King of Armenia,
345
; death,
346
; cause of
his death,
346
; his impiety,
347
.
Julian, the Chaldaean, performs a miracle,
254
.
Julian, governor of Egypt,
331
; uncle of above,
331
;
horrible death,
332
.
Julian, Syrian monk,
293
.
Julius, bishop of Rome, absent from Nicene council,
253
; rebukes bishops of East, secures
reinstatement of Athanasius and Paul,
287
;
summons Athanasius to Rome,
288
; replies to
letter of bishops of council of Antioch,
288
;
appeals to Constans,
289
; death,
304
.
Julius, a deacon of Alexandria, and an Arian,
251
.
Justina, revival of Arianism,
211
; attempts to force its adoption by threats,
384
; flees with Valentinian II. to
Thessalonica,
384
; death,
385
.
Lagodius, a relative of the Emperor Honorius,
425
.
Lazarus, a Syrian monk and bishop,
370
,
371
.
Leontius, bishop of Ancyra,
371
; deprived Novatians of churches,
399
; attends council which deposed Chrysostom,
412
.
Leontius, bishop of Antioch,
298
; succeeded by Eudoxius,
308
.
Leontius, presbyter to Constantius,
308
.
Libanius, the Syrian,
209
,
356
; teacher of Chrysostom,
399
.
Liberius, bishop of Rome,
204
,
207
; succeeds
Julius,
304
; exiled by Constantius,
307
; recalled,
309
;
receives Macedonian bishops,
352
; death,
359
.
Licinius,
241
; persecutes
Christians,
244
; deceived by oracle, loses
battle, and dies in Thessalonica,
244
.
Literature upon Sozomen,
228-
231
.
Logos, the,
239
.
"Long Brothers," the,
368
;
incur enmity of Theophilus,
406
; retire with
other monks to Scythopolis,
407
.
Lord's day, observed by Constantine,
245
.
Lucianius, martyr of Nicomedia,
285
.
Lucifer, founder of Luciferian heresy,
295
; bishop of Cagliari,
335
.
Lucius, bishop of Adrianople, deposed, lives in
Rome,
287
; reinstated,
300
; again deposed; dies in prison,
301
.
Lucius, presbyter of Alexandria,
349
; made bishop by Arians,
357
; attempts persecution of the ascetics,
358
; reproached by Moses,
374
; expelled, flees to Constantinople,
379
.
Maares, Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
Macarius, bishop of Jerusalem,
241
,
246
; attends Nicene
council,
253
; discovers true cross,
259
; chided by Constantine because of oak of
Mamre,
261
; succeeded by Maximus,
271
.
Macarius, deacon of Alexandria, an Arian,
251
.
Macarius, presbyter of Alexandria,
291
,
358
,
366
.
Macarius, presbyter of Celliae,
207
,
366
.
Macarius Politicus, ascetic and presbyter,
291
.
Macedonius,
198
; church
built by M.,
199
; candidate for bishopric,
284
; gains possession,
288
; ejected on return of Paul,
300
; again seizes bishopric, persecutes
Paulinists,
210
,
301
,
315
; expelled by Acacians,
322
; death,
322
; heresy
of, regarding the Holy Ghost,
322
.
Macedonius, a Phrygian martyr,
334
.
Macedonian heresy,
322
;
peculiarity,
336
.
Macedonians, hold councils,
336
; persecuted by Valens,
352
; send embassy to Rome,
352
; invited to council of Constantinople, but
withdraw,
380
; decline of,
398
.
Magi, of Persia, malign the Christians,
264
; stir up persecution,
265
,
266
.
Magnentius, usurps power of Constans,
301
; defeated by Constantius, commits suicide,
304
.
Magnus, treasurer under Valens,
357
.
Majuma, seaport of Gaza,
195
; dissention between Majuma and Gaza,
195
,
198
; sudden
conversion of inhabitants, name changed to Constantia,
262
; degraded by Julian,
328
.
Malachion, a monk of Bethelia in Palestine,
191
,
233
; death,
193
; miraculous disappearance and reappearance,
370
.
Mammas, the martyr,
326
.
Mamre, oak of, church built by Constantine under,
261
.
Mania (Mavia), Phylarch of the Saracens,
374
; succors Constantinople,
377
.
Manichæans, not tolerated by Gratian,
377
.
Manumission of slaves facilitated,
246
.
Manuscripts of Sozomen,
225
.
Marathonius, convent of, in Constantinople,
199
,
315
; made bishop of
Nicomedia,
315
; adopts heresy of Macedonius,
322
.
Marcellinus, mention of story of Stephen,
224
.
Marcellus, bishop of Ancyra, his doctrines,
281
; deposed by Synod of Constantinople,
281
; reinstated by Synod of Sardis,
282
,
300
; again deposed,
301
.
Marcellus, bishop of Apamea, Syria,
386
; death,
386
.
Marcian, Macedonian bishop of Lampsacus,
380
.
Marcian, Novatian presbyter of Constantinople,
352
; becomes bishop,
384
;
regrets ordination of Sabbatius,
388
; death,
398
.
Marcian, singer and martyr of Constantinople,
301
.
Marcionites,
280
.
Mardonius, a eunuch,
391
.
Mareas, Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
Marinus, succeeds Demophilus, superseded by Marinus,
385
; heads the Psathyrians,
388
.
Maris, bishop of Chalcedon, repudiates Arianism,
255
; joins the Acacians,
319
; boldness,
329
.
Mark, bishop of Arethusa,
289
,
308
,
311
; attends council of Sirmium,
302
; compiles formulary,
317
; martyrdom,
333
.
Mark, bishop of Rome, succeeds Silvester, succeeded
by Julius,
271
.
Mark, a deposed presbyter,
275
.
Mark, a monk,
207
,
366
.
Mark, proclaimed emperor by soldiers, soon
afterwards slain,
425
.
Marosas, monk of Persia,
371
.
Martin, bishop of Tarracinæ,
294
.
Martyrius, bishop of Marcianopolis,
382
.
Martyrius, a physician, refuses diaconate,
382
.
Martyrius, sub-deacon and martyr,
301
.
Maruthas, causes death of Cyrinus,
409
.
Mary, called mother of God,
343
.
Matrona, guardian of head of John Baptist,
391
.
Maximus, Alexandrian philosopher,
381
; episcopal ordination of, declared invalid,
381
.
Maximus, bishop of Jerusalem,
213
,
246
; succeeds
Macarius,
271
.
Maximus, bishop of Seleucia,
399
; schoolfellow of Chrysostom,
399
.
Maximus, bishop of Treves, deposed by Eastern
bishops after schism of Sardica,
290
.
Maximus, Ephesian philosopher,
327
.
Maximus, usurper set up by Gerontius,
426
.
Maximus, usurps Valentinian's throne,
384
; death,
386
.
Melas, bishop of Rhinocorura,
369
.
Meletius, appointed by Acacians bishop of Sebaste,
322
; translated to Antioch,
323
; upholds Nicene doctrine, and is expelled,
323
; returns to Antioch,
335
; attends council of Antioch,
348
; banished by Valens,
351
; returns to Antioch, causing dissension,
378
; attends council of Constantinople,
380
; burial,
382
.
Melitians, plead for Arius with Athanasius,
270
; unite with the Arians,
271
; views of,
272
;
traduce Athanasius before Constantine, but fail,
272
; second attempt, which also fails,
273
.
Melitius, bishop of Lycus, his heresy,
251
; examined by council at Nicæa, power
of ordination withdrawn,
256
; nominates John
as his successor,
271
.
Menivolus, secretary to Justina,
384
.
Meropius, journey to India,
274
.
Method of Sozomen in composition,
213-217
; chronological method,
215
,
216
.
Micah, relics of, discovered,
397
.
Michælium, see Hestiæ.
Missions,
211
.
Mithrium, scene of, riot,
331
.
Mocius, Persian bishop and martyr,
267
,
410
.
Modestus, prefect of Antioch in Syria,
357
.
Monasticism,
212
;
immoralities of, omitted,
213
; praised,
216
; philosophy,
233
,
247
; monastic life,
248
,
369
; origin of, attributed to John Baptist and
Elias, the prophet,
248
; among Hebrews,
248
,
293
; among
Egyptians,
292
; and Syrians,
293
,
370
; in Palestine,
369
.
Monks, Syrian and Persian,
213
; Egyptian,
248
.
Montanism,
206
.
Montanus,
270
.
Moses, presbyter and monk of Scetis,
367
; reproaches Lucius,
374
; refuses ordination by latter,
374
.
Mysteries,
245
,
248
.
Narcissus, bishop of Irenopolis,
289
; deposed by Western bishops,
290
; attacks Athanasius,
304
.
Nectaria, deaconess,
321
.
Nectarius, bishop of Constantinople,
364
; election of,
204
,
380
; abolished office of commissioner of penance,
386
; death,
399
.
Neonas, bishop of Seleucia, deposed by Acacians,
321
.
Nestabius, a martyr of Gaza,
332
.
Nestor the Confessor, death of,
332
.
Nestorianism,
201
,
223
.
Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople,
223
.
Nicæa, in Bithynia,
205
; council convened,
253
.
Nicarete, a lady of Bithynia,
199
; noble character of,
414
.
Nicene creed,
207
; adhered
to by the West,
291
.
Nicenism, geographical distribution of,
217
,
291
,
359
; adherents take courage,
375
.
Nicomedia, earthquake of,
205
,
310
.
Nicopolis,
343
.
Nilammon, a monk of Gera, refuses bishopric,
411
; death,
411
.
Nitria, monastic life at,
369
.
Nonnichia, wife of Gerontius,
426
.
Novatians, church of, in Constantinople,
198
; destroyed,
315
;
opposed by Sozomen,
206
; refused restoration
to excommunicated,
208
,
256
; separated from the church,
280
; cause of their immunity from suppression,
281
; church of, in Cyzicus demolished,
316
; persecution by Macedonius,
316
; observance of the Passover,
361
; schismatic action,
361
; Easter and Sabbatian disputes,
388
; prosperity under Arcadius and Honorius,
398
.
Novatius, doctrine of,
256
,
361
.
Olympias, a widow,
404
;
ordained deaconess by Nectarius,
405
; rebuked
by Chrysostom for unwise giving,
405
; being
persecuted, refuses to hold communion with Arsacius, and goes to
Cyzicus,
415
.
Origen, controversy,
206
,
406-408
; works of,
368
;
assailed by Theophilus and other bishops,
408
.
Origen, a monk of Scetis,
368
.
Origenists, definition of,
407
.
Otreinus, bishop of Melitine,
382
.
Otreus, bishop of Melitene,
353
.
Pachomius, a Melitian bishop,
275
.
Pachomius, a monk, sees an angel,
202
.
Pachon, an ascetic of Scetis,
367
.
Pagan worship interdicted,
244
.
Palestine, the church in,
211
.
Palladius, the historian, a source used by Sozomen,
223
.
Pambo, Egyptian ascetic,
291
,
358
.
Pan, statue of, destroyed,
262
.
Papas, Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
Paphnutius, the confessor,
246
,
291
; argues against
enforced celibacy,
256
.
Paschal, usages of Montanists,
206
; controversy,
252
;
Hosius sent to settle it,
253
; controversy
decided at Nicæa,
286
; how observed by
Novatians,
361
; Novatian and Sabbatian
position,
389
; usage of Pepuzites,
389
.
Patrines, a Melitian presbyter,
273
.
Patrophilus, bishop of Scythopolis, sides with Arius
against Alexander,
252
, but accepts decision
of Nicene council,
255
; charged by Eustathius
with Arianism,
270
; attends second council of
Antioch,
280
; deposed,
318
.
Paul, bishop of Constantinople,
199
; succeeds Alexander,
284
; expelled,
284
,
287
; goes to Rome,
287
;
reinstated,
288
; again ejected,
288
; affirms Nicene doctrine,
291
; again returns,
300
;
once more ejected and banished, dies in exile,
301
; burial,
382
.
Paul of Ferme, a monk,
367
.
Paul of Jugatum, a Persian monk,
371
.
Paul the Simple, disciple of Antony the Great,
becomes an ascetic,
250
.
Paulianians, a heretical sect,
280
.
Paulinists,
358
.
Paulinus, bishop of Antioch, divides see with
Meletius,
378
; death,
385
.
Paulinus, bishop of Treves, defends Athanasius,
305
.
Paulinus, bishop of Tyre, sides with Arius against
Alexander,
252
; charged by Eustathius with
Arianism,
270
.
Paulus, Persian bishop and martyr,
267
.
Pelagius, bishop of Laodicea,
353
,
382
.
Penance,
338
,
399
; peculiar to the West,
386
.
Persia, church of,
211
; how
established,
264
; persecution under Sapor,
265
; sixteen thousand names of martyrs known,
267
.
Peter, Apocalypse of,
196
.
Peter, appointed bishop of Alexandria by Athanasius,
expels Arius, suffers martyrdom,
251
,
257
; deposed by Valens,
357
; condemns Apolinarianism,
362
; returns,
375
.
Philip, prefect of Constantinople,
288
.
Philippus of Side, a source of Sozomen's history,
223
.
Philo Judæus, description of monks,
248
.
Philostorgius,
209
; a source
of Sozomen's history,
222
.
Photinus, bishop of Sirmium, heresy of,
302
; is deposed,
303
;
followers not tolerated by Gratian,
377
.
Photius, gives Sozomen's name,
233
.
Phritigernes, a Gothic leader,
373
.
Phrygians, a heretical sect,
280
.
Phuscon, a monk of Bethelia in Palestine,
191
,
233
,
370
.
Piammon, presbyter and monk, sees an angel,
202
,
366
.
Pior, an Egyptian monk,
367
.
Piturion,
291
.
Placetus, bishop of Antioch, succeeded Euphronius,
285
,
298
.
Plagiarism of Sozomen, from Socrates,
221
.
Plato,
274
.
Plinthus, reconciles Arian factions,
388
.
Plusian, a bishop,
275
.
Polemics, deleterious,
207
.
Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna,
390
.
Polychronius, a presbyter, aids Pulcheria in
discovery of tomb of Forty Martyrs,
420
.
Pontus,
356
.
Porphyry, succeeds Flavian as bishop of Antioch,
415
; persecutes Johannists,
415
.
Prapidius, a rural bishop,
371
.
Primacy of Rome,
209
.
Prisciallianists,
206
.
Private judgment,
206
.
Proærssius, a sophist of Athens,
356
.
Probatius, eunuch under Jovian,
349
.
Probianus, a physician, miraculously cured, and
becomes a Christian,
260
.
Proclus, bishop of Constantinople,
201
,
224
.
Procopius, revolts against Valens, defeated,
351
.
Protogenes, bishop of Sardica, deposed by Eastern
bishops,
290
; expands Nicene creed,
290
.
Protogenes, a Syrian monk,
370
; succeeded Vitus as bishop of Carræ,
370
.
Psathyrians, an Arian sect,
388
.
Pulcheria, sister of Theodosus the Younger,
196
,
204
; marries
Marcian,
200
; previous vow of virginity,
201
; opposed Eutychianism,
201
; is protector of the emperor,
205
,
419
; opposed free
thought,
206
,
223
;
inclined to asceticism,
212
; excellent
character,
224
,
419
,
421
; discovers tomb of the Forty Martyrs,
421
.
Purification, of Hercules and Greeks, after crime,
243
.
Pusices, a Persian martyr,
266
.
Putubastus,
291
;
"Putubatus,"
368
.
Quadragesima,
412
.
Quartodecimarians,
206
,
389
.
Quintianus, ordained bishop of Gaza,
287
; repudiated by Western bishops,
290
.
Relic worship,
208
.
Rhinocorura, monastic life at,
369
.
Rhodanus [or Rhodanius], bishop of Toulouse,
305
.
Romanus, bishop of Antioch,
241
.
Rome, sack of, under Alaric,
424
; incidents during the sack,
425
.
Rufinus, the historian, one of Sozomen's sources,
222
.
Sabbatians, origin and doctrines,
388
; difficulties of their theory,
389
.
Sabbatius, Arian presbyter, originates Sabbatian
heresy,
388
.
Sabellian heresy,
335
.
Sabellius,
270
.
Sabinus, the historian, a source of Sozomen's
history,
223
.
Sacraments, as mysteries,
207
.
St. Euphemia, church of, in Chalcedon,
199
.
St. Michael, Archangel, church of, at Hestiæ,
196
,
198
.
St. Stephen, church of, at Constantinople,
199
; erected by Novatians,
414
.
St. Thyrsus,
196
; church of,
199
,
420
.
Salamines [also Salamanus], a monk of Bethelia, in
Palestine,
191
;
370
;
brother to Fuscon and Crispian,
233
,
408
.
Sallust, the historian,
206
.
Sallust, prætorian prefect,
342
.
Sapor, king of Persia, persecutes the Christians,
264
; subsequently applies order only to the
leaders,
266
; sends embassy to Constantine,
268
.
Saracens,
374
; derived from
Ishmael,
375
; customs,
375
; converted to Christianity,
375
.
Sarmates, presbyter of Alexandria, becomes an Arian,
251
.
Sarmatians, revolt against Valentinian, but submit,
372
.
Schism of Sardica,
289
;
Eastern bishops depose Julius,
289
, and
Hosius, also Maximus of Treves, and Protogenes, and Gaudentius of
Sardica,
290
; Western bishops depose Theodore,
Narcissus, etc.,
290
; adhere to Nicene faith,
291
.
Sciri, slaves in Asia Minor,
197
,
201
,
422
.
Scitis, a town of Egypt,
250
.
Scriptures, the, interpreted by the
Θεωρία,
205
.
Scythians, attacked by Valens,
375
; assail Constantinople,
377
.
Scythopolis, refuge of Egyptian monks,
198
,
407
.
Secundus, bishop of Ptolemais, accepts decree of
Nicene council,
255
.
Secundus, prætorian prefect,
348
.
Selinus, a bishop of the Goths, becomes a
Psathyrian,
388
.
Sepulchre discovered,
258
.
Serapion, bishop of Thumis,
213
,
294
; defends
Athanasius,
305
.
Serapion, an Egyptian monk,
365
; archdeacon of Chrysostom,
404
; unruly in temper, causes trouble to
Chrysostom,
404
,
405
;
made bishop of Heraclea,
412
.
Serapion, a temple of Alexandria,
385
; converted into a church,
386
.
Severianus,
213
; bishop of
Gabali,
405
; offends Chrysostom,
405
; acts with the latter's opponents,
409
; arouses resentment of Constantinopolitans,
410
; flees,
411
.
Sibyl, predicted Christ's coming,
239
.
Sigesarius, bishop of the Goths,
424
.
Silvanus, bishop of Tarsus, deposed by Acacians,
321
; opposes Nicene doctrines,
348
; but afterward accepts them,
352
.
Silvester, bishop of Rome,
241
; succeeded by Mark,
271
.
Simeon, Syrian monk,
293
.
Siricius, succeeds Damasus as bishop of Rome,
398
; death,
415
.
Sisinius, deputy of Agelius,
382
; afterward bishop of Novatians at
Constantinople,
382
,
398
; personal character,
398
; dream of, concerning Eutropius the reader,
414
.
Socrates, the historian,
207
; relation of his work to that of Sozomen,
221
.
Solon, bishop of Rhinocorura,
369
.
Sopater,
242
.
Sophia, church of, founded by Constantine,
198
,
322
; dedicated by
Constantius,
198
.
Sophronius, bishop of Pompeiopolis, deposed by
Acacius,
321
; accepts Macedonian doctrines,
336
; opposes Nicene doctrines,
348
.
Sotadus,
255
.
Sozomen, Salaminius Hermas, life,
191-199
;
origin and order of the name
,
191
,
233
; born near
Bethelia,
191
,
233
,
337
; not a Jew,
192
;
grandfather a Christian,
192
,
233
; converted by Hilarion,
233
,
337
; S. born,
370-380
; educated at Gaza,
234
; by monks,
193
,
233
; hence his high estimate of monastic life,
193
,
233
; not a monk,
193
; knew Greek and Syriac, and used Syrian
records of Persian church,
193
; probably also
knew Latin,
194
; general scholarship narrow,
194-195
; religious affiliations Nicene, but
not critical,
195
; studied law at Berytus,
234
,
235
; became a civil
and ecclesiastical lawyer,
196
,
233
; at Constantinople,
c.
a.d.
406,
196
; careful in
statement of ecclesiastical legislation,
196
;
illiberal in policy toward the Persians, Arians, and Pagans,
197
; pietistic,
197
;
defended Chrysostom,
197
; knowledge of
Palestine,
197
; of Arabia, Cyprus, Alexandria,
Antioch, and Edessa,
197
; and of
Constantinople,
199
; S.
as
author
,
199-225
; his epitome lost,
200
,
234
; his history,
written between
a.d.
443 and 448,
201
,
202
; its objects,
201-213
; (1) to present facts,
201
; (2) to prove (
a
) divine origin of
Christianity,
202
; (3) (
b
) Providence
promoting Christianity,
203
; his efforts to
this end absurd,
203
; and biased,
204
; (4) to prove Catholic orthodoxy,
205
; hence apologizes for Constantine,
209
; (5) to trace extension of Christianity,
211
; (6) to dignify monasticism,
212
; (7) to give secular history; (8) to develop
historically legislation favorable to church,
213
; his method,
213-217
;
(1) acknowledges limitations, (2) research (
a
) personal
knowledge, (
b
) personal inquiry, (
c
) knowledge at
secondhand,
213
; (
d
) correction of
falsehoods, (
e
) use of
πυνθάνομαι, (
f
) and
ἀκριβόω, (
g
)
and documents,
214
; (3) textual, and (4)
analytical criticism lacking, (5) interprets events by (
a
)
criticism of facts,
214
, (
b
) using
history ethically, (
c
) suggesting motives, (
d
)
apologizing for favorites, (
e
) yielding to personal feeling,
(
f
) pragmatic deduction, (
g
) centralizing prominent
figures, (
h
) dwelling on human nature, (
i
) explaining
away faults of the orthodox, and (
j
) speculating,
215
; (6) chronological method, (
a
)
imperial reigns his epochs, and (
b
) uses consulates as
reference dates,
215
; (7) geographical
contributions,
215
; names mostly Hebrew or
Syrian,
215
; (8) statistics unmethodical, (9)
biography abundant, and fair, (10) ecclesiastical culture indirectly
treated; (11) no systematic treatment of dogmatics and ethics,
216
; (12) his knowledge of Christian literature
incomplete, (13) treatment unphilosophical, (14) general style good
and summaries excellent,
217
.
The period covered
, presumptively
a.d.
323-439,
217
; but
really only to
a.d.
437, viz. Constantine to
Theodosius II.,
218
; grouping of books by
twos,
218
. For whom he wrote; not merely for
monks, nor for the learned, but for Christians generally,
218
. His sources, I., those mentioned by S.,
218-220
; II., those unmentioned,
221-223
; main authorities not indicated,
221
; (1) relations to Socrates' history: three
views, (
a
) Sozomen plagiarized (untenable),
221
; (probable),
234
;
(
b
) both used same authorities independently (untenable),
(
c
) Sozomen followed Socrates' lead to authorities (probable),
221
,
222
; (2) Rufinus,
(3) Eusebius' Life of Constantine, (4) Athanasius, (5) Philostorgius,
222
; (6) Sabinus, (7) Philippus of Side, (8)
codices Gregorianus, Hermogianus, and Theodosianus, (9) Basil, (10)
Gregory Nazianzen, (11) Sulpicius Severus, (12) Palladius,
223
; stated by himself,
240
.
The ninth book
,
change in method, deals with the West,
223
;
unfinished, (
a
) intention not carried out, (
b
)
Nestorianism not delineated, (
c
) events anticipated, narration
uncompleted,
223
; (
d
) ecclesiastical
matters barely touched, (
e
) Stephen's story promised, but not
given, (
f
,
g
) close abrupt,
224
;
conclusion not lost, abrupt close due to author's death,
224
. By whom used, (
a
) Epiphanius
Scholasticus, (
b
) Liberatus, (
c
) Theophanes, (
d
)
Theodorus Lector, Nicephorus Callistus,
224
,
225
; errors numerous,
225
.
Spyridon, bishop of Trimythum, story of,
246
; rebukes Triphyllius,
247
.
Stephen, ascetic of Mareotis,
367
.
Stephen, bishop of Antioch, deposed,
298
.
Stephen the Martyr, relics discovered,
224
.
Stilicho, general under Honorius, plots against the
empire,
421
; slain by soldiers,
421
.
Sulpicius Severus, a source of Sozomen's history,
223
.
Symeon, archbishop of Seleucia and Ctesiphon,
arrested by Sapor,
264
; is beheaded,
265
.
Synod, see Council.
Tabenna, island of Egypt, home of the Tabennesian
monks,
292
.
Tabennesian monks, origin and mode of life,
291
.
Tarbula, sister of Symeon, martyrdom of,
266
.
Tatian, a Phrygian martyr,
334
.
Terentius, bishop of Tomi,
382
.
Textual criticism of Sozomen,
227
.
Themistius, philosopher,
211
,
372
.
Theoctistus, gives name to the Psathyrians,
388
.
Theodore, bishop of Heraclea,
284
; attends second council of Antioch,
285
; goes to Rome,
289
;
repudiated by bishops of the West,
290
;
attacks Athanasius,
304
.
Theodore, bishop of Mopsuestia,
399
; schoolfellow of Chrysostom,
399
.
Theodore the Confessor, of Antioch,
342
.
Theodore, disciple of Ammon, in Egypt,
250
.
Theodore, military officer, executed at order of
Valens,
372
.
Theodoritus, presbyter of Antioch,
331
.
Theodosiolus, a relative of the Emperor Honorius,
425
.
Theodosius the Great,
324
,
332
; built temple over head of John Baptist,
199
,
391
; character
according to Sozomen,
200
; literary eulogium
on,
200
; self-controlled and peaceful,
200
; sees apparition of Martyr Basiliscus,
202
; suppresses heresy and paganism,
209
; address to,
236-238
;
associated with Gratian,
377
; baptized,
378
; gives title "Catholic Church" to the
orthodox,
378
; orders Demophilus to renounce
Arianism,
379
; attempts unification of church,
382
; opposes Maximus and avenges Gratian,
384
; orders pagan temples of Alexandria
demolished,
285
; excludes women under sixty
years of age from ministry,
387
; banishes
Eunomius,
387
; consults John of Thebais,
392
; exacts tribute of Antioch in Syria,
392
; declares Honorius emperor, defeats Eugenius,
393
; reproached by Ambrose--the cause,
394
; death,
397
.
Theodosius the Younger,
205
;
succeeds Arcadius,
419
.
Theodotus, Arian bishop of Laodicea,
362
; ejects, but reinstates, Apolinarius, father
and son,
362
.
Theodulus, a Phrygian martyr,
334
.
Theognis, bishop of province of Bithynia, favors
Arianism,
293
.
Theognis, bishop of Nicæa, repudiates Arian
doctrines,
255
; deposed,
255
; regains bishopric,
268
.
Theonas, an Egyptian ascetic,
365
.
Theophanes, mentions Stephen,
224
.
Theophilus, bishop of Alexandria,
212
,
385
,
398
; opposes ordination of Chrysostom at
Constantinople,
400
; instance of sharp
dealing,
400
; unites with Chrysostom to unite
churches of East and West,
400
; maintains
incorporeality of God,
406
; but by sophistry
deceives the people,
406
; becomes hostile to
"Long Brothers" and to Isidore,
406
; complains
of them and the eighty monks to Chrysostom,
407
; returns no answer to latter's letter,
407
; by double dealing enlists Epiphanius on his
side, attempts to oust Chrysostom,
407
; writes
against books of Origen,
408
; goes to
Chalcedon in crusade against Chrysostom,
409
;
secures dethronement of Chrysostom at Ruffinianæ,
409
; after a cold reception at Constantinople,
409
; causes strife at Constantinople,
411
; flees, and visits Gera, where he attempts to
ordain a bishop,
411
.
Theophilus, bishop of Eleutheropolis and of
Castabala,
321
; accepts Nicene doctrines,
352
.
Theophilus of Ohn,
211
.
Theophronius, author of Eunomianism,
363
,
387
.
Theotimus, bishop of Tomi, performs a miracle,
395
; opposes Epiphanius in attack on Chrysostom,
408
.
Theotokos, Nestorian view of, opposed by Sozomen,
206
.
Thyrsus the Martyr, aids Pulcheria to discover tomb
of the Forty Martyrs,
420
.
Tigrius, presbyter of Constantinople, persecuted by
opponents of Chrysostom,
415
.
Timothy, presbyter of Alexandria,
275
; bishop,
366
;
biographer of monastics,
366
; death,
385
.
Titus, bishop of Bostra,
294
,
337
.
Tomi, capital of Scythia,
359
.
Translations of Sozomen,
227
,
228
.
Trinity,
335
,
378
,
398
.
True cross, found on Calvary, cures sick, restores
dead to life,
259
.
Tryphillius, bishop of Berytus,
196
; rebuked by Spyridon,
247
.
Uldis, overthrow of,
197
,
201
,
422
.
Ulfilas (or Ulphilas), bishop of the Goths,
319
; becomes an Arian for state reasons,
373
.
Ulphilas, a general of Honorius,
426
.
Uranius, bishop of Tyre, deposed,
318
.
Ursacius, bishop of Sigidunus, deposed by Western
bishops,
290
; Arian tendencies of,
291
; acknowledges falsity of charges against
Athanasius,
300
; attempts to force Aetianism
on council of Ariminum,
312
; but fails,
313
.
Ursacius, schismatic bishop of Rome,
359
.
Uzthazanes, a eunuch, suffers martyrdom,
265
.
Valens, Emperor, portents during reign,
205
,
209
; compared with
Valentinian,
217
,
349
;
proclaimed Emperor by brother,
350
; Arian in
doctrine,
350
; adopts Eudoxian views,
351
; defeats Procopius,
351
; persecutes Nicene adherents and Novatians,
351
,
352
; and
Macedonians,
352
; prohibits council at Tarsus,
353
; orders orthodox bishops ejected,
353
; permits return of Athanasius,
354
; massacres deputation of orthodox Christians,
355
; purposes further injury of the orthodox,
355
; persecutes the orthodox of Syrian
Antioch,
356
; banishes and recalls Vetranio,
359
; incensed at use of divination to learn
his successor's name,
371
; hears oration of
Themistius,
372
; becomes more humane,
373
; angered by Constantinopolitans, makes war on
the Scythians,
375
; death predicted by monk
Isaac,
376
; death,
376
.
Valens, bishop of Mursia, deposed by bishops of the
West,
290
; Arian tendencies,
291
; acknowledges falsity of accusations against
Athanasius,
300
; favors Aetian heresy,
312
; but fails to force it on council of
Ariminum,
313
; gains Constantius,
314
; persecutes Nicene adherents,
315
; calls his formulary the Nicene,
315
.
Valentian, two Syrian monks,
371
.
Valentinian I., emperor,
217
,
349
; proclaimed
emperor,
349
; banishment under Julian,
350
; proclaims Gratian emperor,
352
; supports Nicene doctrines,
359
; dies in a fit of rage,
372
.
Valentinian II., proclaimed Emperor of the West,
372
; flees from Italy on approach of Maximus,
384
; death,
392
.
Valentinian III., succeeds Honorius,
427
.
Valentinians,
206
; a
separate sect,
280
.
Valesius, prefatory remarks,
233
,
234
.
Venus, temple of, at Aphaca destroyed,
262
.
Verinian, a relative of the Emperor Honorius,
425
.
Vetranio, bishop of the Scythians,
359
; banished and recalled by Valens,
359
.
Vetranius, conspires against Constantius,
301
; is betrayed and retires,
302
.
Vicentius, presbyter of Rome, attends Nicene
council,
253
.
Victor, bishop of Rome, paschal controversy with
Polycarp of Smyrna,
390
.
Vincent, a presbyter, guardian of relics of John
Baptist,
391
; renounces Macedonian tenets,
391
.
Virgin Mary, perpetual virginity of,
239
.
Vitalius, presbyter of Antioch,
362
; became Apolinarian bishop of Antioch,
362
.
Vito, presbyter of Rome, attends Nicene council,
253
.
Vitus, bishop of Carræ,
370
.
Western Christians,
241
.
Western church, and schism of Sardica,
290
,
291
; adheres to
Nicene doctrines,
360
.
Word, see Logos.
Zachariah (Zechariah), the prophet, finding of body
of,
198
,
224
,
427
; prophecy of "the bit of the horse,"
259
.
Zacharias (or Zechariah), president of a monastery
at Gerari,
370
,
427
.
Zeno, bishop of Majuma,
195
;
murder of,
209
,
332
.
Zeno, bishop of Tyre,
353
.
Zeno, cousin of above,
332
.
Zeno, monk of Majuma, afterwards bishop of Botolium,
396
.
Zeno, a monk of Nisibis,
370
.
Zocomus, a monk of Majuma, afterwards bishop of
Botolium,
396
.